Re: Bill Gates

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Oct 08 1997 - 19:23:45 MDT

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CALYK@aol.com wrote:
>
> Its a saying for old farts, nobody young says that, I've heard it before,
> just not abbreviated.
>
> danny

Algernon's Law: Any simple enhancement of human intelligence is a net
evolutionary disadvantage.

Or to put it another way, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

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